as of August 1994, 72 political parties were officially recognized; the
following are among the most important: Alliance of the Democratic Union for
the Forces of Progress (UDFP), Timothee ADANLIN; Movement for Democracy and
Social Progress (MDPS), Jean-Roger AHOYO; Union for Liberty and Development
(ULD), Marcellin DEGBE; Alliance of the National Party for Democracy and
Development (PNDD) and the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Pascal Chabi KAO;
Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Union for
Solidarity and Progress (UNSP), Bruno AMOUSSOU; Our Common Cause (NCC),
Albert TEVOEDJRE; National Rally for Democracy (RND), Joseph KEKE; Alliance
of the National Movement for Democracy and Development (MNDD), leader NA;
Movement for Solidarity, Union, and Progress (MSUP), Adebo ADENIYI; Union
for Democracy and National Reconstruction (UDRN), Azaria FAKOREDE; Union for
Democracy and National Solidarity (UDS), Mama Amadou N'DIAYE; Assembly of
Liberal Democrats for National Reconstruction (RDL), Severin ADJOVI;
Alliance for Social Democracy (ASD), Robert DOSSOU; Bloc for Social
Democracy (BSD), Michel MAGNIDE; Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP),
Akindes ADEKPEDJOU, and the Democratic Union for Social Renewal (UDRS), Bio
Gado Seko N'GOYE; National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP), Robert
TAGNON; Party for Progress and Democracy, Thiophile NATA; FARD-ALAFIA,
Mathieu KEREKOU; The Renaissance Party, Nicephore SOGLO; The Patriotic Union
for the Republic (UPR), Jean-Marie ZAHOUN; Union for the Conservation of
Democracy, Bernard HOUEGNON